A Family Supper Quizzes

A Family Supper Quiz 1

1 Who wrote "A Family Supper"?
Fuku Eri

Haruki Murakami

Kazuo Ishiguro

Banana Yoshimoto
2 Who narrates "A Family Supper"?
A ghost

An unnamed narrator

Kazuo

Kiki
3 When was "A Family Supper" published?
2001

1982

1999

1945
4 In what country is "A Family Supper" set?
United States

Canada

China

Japan
5 Near what major city does the action of "A Family Supper" take place?
Beijing

Toronto

Tokyo

New York
6 In what tense is "A Family Supper" narrated?
Past tense

Pluperfect

Present tense

Future tense
7 What form does "A Family Supper" take?
Play

Short story

Animated film

Novel
8 What genre is "A Family Supper"?
Literary fiction

Nonfiction essay

Children's Literature

Science fiction
9 What type of fish is fugu?
Salmon

Eel

Tuna

Pufferfish
10 Why does fugu hold significance for the narrator?
His family ran a fugu restaurant

It's his favorite food

His mother died from eating it

His father died from eating it
11 Where does fugu poison "reside" in the fish?
Its eyes

Its stomach

Its sexual glands

Its gills
12 What tends to happen to people when they eat improperly prepared fugu?
They writhe in pain all night and die by morning

They die at the table

They go mad and run into the nearest body of water

They become bed-bound for a year
13 Where was the narrator living when his mother died?
Tokyo

Toronto

London

California
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?
Canada

France

Germany

Japan
15 Which answer best defines "tatami"?
Variety of Japanese tea

Drinking glass

Type of fish

Woven floor mat
16 What historical figure does the narrator's father resemble?
Deng Xiaoping

Chou En-lai

Mao Zedong

Prime Minister Abe
17 Why did Father retire from working?
The government forced him into retirement

He sold his business

His firm collapsed

He wanted to spend more time with his wife
18 Who is Watanabe?
Father's business partner

The narrator's brother

Mother's brother

Kikuko's boyfriend
19 Why did Watanabe kill himself?
He had cheated on Kikuko

It was an accident

He was disgraced when his business collapsed

He had cheated on his wife
20 What does Kikuko do?
She is a university student

She is a chef

She is a maid

She is a doctor
21 Where does Kikuko live?
Tokyo

Toronto

Osaka

Kamakura
22 Which answer best defines "veranda"?
Japanese pond

Synonym for lawn

Covered patio

Zen rock garden
23 What habit does Kikuko conceal from her father but not her brother?
Chewing gum

Smoking

Spitting

Drinking
24 What is Kikuko's brother's name?
Suichi

Watanabe

Kazumi

Kobe
25 What is Kikuko considering doing after graduation?
Moving home with her father

Finding her mother's killer

Traveling America with her boyfriend

Jumping in a well

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